Field Visit
Date 23 September 1991
Event ID 1150381
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1150381
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The remains of this scooped settlement lie on the gently-sloping N flank of Park Hill. Oval on plan, the enclosure measures about 57m from NNE to SSW by up to 29.5m transversely within a bank which measures up to 5m in thickness and 0.3m in height and forms a grass-covered mound on the N and E, but is markedly stonier on the S and has been removed on the SW. There is an entrance (2.3m wide) on the SE, and a gap in the bank on the NE may mark the position of another.
Within the interior, which has been scooped to a depth of up to 1m into the slope on the S, there are a number of artificial features, the best-defined being an oval scooped platform in the N half. This measures about 9.5m from NW to SE by 7m transversely, with a rear scarp up to 0.4m high and a front apron forming a long but shallow arc. Immediately adjacent to the platform on the E, there is either a small scooped house-platform (measuring about 6m by 4m) or some form of baffled entrance. In the S half of the interior a second platform is marked by an L-shaped apron and a low rear scarp. Immediately to the S of this, there is a short arc of ring-ditch which is certainly earlier in date than the adjacent platform.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 23 September 1991.
Listed as settlement.
RCAHMS 1997.
